This is the information page about the shipwreck Hildefjord, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 59.493 N,6 10.137 W (52.192216666667, -6.1479666666667)

 

Open the Water Map of this area in a full window
 

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

1. Arca
2. Atxeri mendi
3. Avance
4. Baron ailsa (possibly)
5. Begerin (possibly)
6. Brika (possibly)
7. Caomhuala
8. Centurion (possibly)
9. Ceres
10. Cite d'aleth
11. Copeland (possibly)
12. Cymrian
13. Daru (possibly)
14. Earl
15. Empress
16. Grainville
17. Halronell
18. Highcliffe
19. Hildefjord
20. Langsdale (possibly)
21. Manchester market
22. No worries
23. Notre dame du sacre coeur
24. Pilar de larrinaga (possibly)
25. Providence
26. Rask (possibly)
27. Renegade
28. San conrado (possibly)
29. St672
30. Success
31. Thoralf (possibly)
32. Tripoli
33. U 104
34. Uc 33
35. Vandalia (possibly)
36. Wheatflower (possibly)
37. Ydun

 

Name: HILDEFJORD

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 85 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20180518

Details measurements/cartography: H067/41 3.4.41 SUNK 170DEGS 12M FROM TUSKER. POSN 520000N, 061000W. (FOIC MILFORD). H01001/40 SANK 20M NW OF SMALLS IN PD 515300N, 060800W. (TRADE DIVISION LIST). 20.1.45 SONAR CONTACT IN 515300N, 060600W. (EG21 AUBD 319/32). H109/45 GAVE OFF OIL & PETROL IN 515900N, 061118W. SONAR CONTACT MAY BE SAN CONRADO OR HILDEFJORD IN 515300N, 060600W. (WESTERN APPS LIST WAGO 524 AUBD 319/24 C IN C WA). POSN ACCEPTED: 515900N, 061118W APPROX. NC 1178. 21.11.72 INS AS WK USC PA 40FMS. NE 1410. 5.12.77 AMEND TO WK USC PA 73MTRS. NC 2049. H4852/75 27.6.79 LOCATED 3.9.78 IN 515930N, 061006W [OGB] USING DCS3 ONLY. NO SHADOW. GEN DEPTH 83MTRS. NOT INVESTIGATED. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 51/58). AMEND TO USC 65MTRS. BR STD. H4467/81 26.10.82 EXAM'D 30.5.82 IN 515926N, 061001W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 62.5 IN GEN DEPTH 85MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 3MTRS. HYDROSEARCH-VERTICAL HT 17MTRS, LENGTH 139MTRS, BEAM 18MTRS. LYING 134/314 DEGS, WITH BOWS SE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 70B). AMEND WK 62MTRS. BR STD. 9.5.07 9.5.07 WK LOCATED IN 5159.504N, 0610.142W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 89MTRS. LENGTH 139MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 11.5MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 135/315 DEGS. SCOUR ALONG N SIDE AND TO SW. LIES PARALLEL TO AND BETWEEN SANDWAVES. BROKEN, WITH PORTION LYING CLOSE SE AND IN LINE. AS PREVIOUS HEIGHT WAS BY HYDROSEARCH RETAIN AS WK 62MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 17.7.12 LEAST M/B DEPTH 77.64MTRS. (IRISH WKS LIST). AMEND WK 77MTRS. BR STD. SEP2018/000274610 13.11.18 EXAM'D 18.5.18 IN 5159.4927N, 0610.1367W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 71.21MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 85MTRS, LENGTH 144MTRS, WIDTH 17.5MTRS, HEIGHT 9.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 135/315 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 88MTRS, TOWARD 315DEGS. WRECK IS CLEARLY VISIBLE AND BROKEN INTO TWO PIECES, LARGE SCOUR AT BOW. (RV KEARY, INFOMAR, H102). AMEND NDW 71MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS SE. UK NM 5786/18.

Position: 51 59.493 N,6 10.137 W

 

Wrecks near the Netherlands
Wrecks near Belgium
Wrecks near Germany
Wrecks near France
Wrecks near Great Britain
Wrecks off Denmark
Wrecks off Sweden
Wrecks off Norway